Color
#508595
#508595rgb(80, 133, 149)hsl(194, 30%, 45%)oklch(0.586 0.061 219.2)Colors that go with #508595
Charcoal, Copper and Cobalt Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #508595: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #508595 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #508595 in 6 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #508595 in 9 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #508595 in 12 real palettes, including Campus and Peacock, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #508595 in 5 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Sapphire & Gold, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #508595 in 10 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #508595 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Estate, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #508595
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #508595 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.09:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.13:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #508595 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #508595 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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